Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.

The game [football] has moved on a lot but still, ask most players and they will tell you that pre-season isn't their favourite time of the year.

As authentic as it is riveting and ultimately unforgettable. Your past will find you-and it can change your life. I think it's the most soulful book Patti Callahan has ever written.

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.

There is no future and there is no past, there never has been, there never will be. You just think there is. It's not life that moves; it's awareness.

The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.

The wind is rising ... we must attempt to live.

No one knows the origins of their metal coat hangers.

Strategy is figuring out what not to do.